Greetings from the east coast!

We are having a wonderful, restful time on the East Coast. We spent our first few days in Harvey Cedars, a beach town off the coast of New Jersey. It is actually on this sand bar - it looks like a finger of land surrounded on both sides by water. It was gorgeous - but the weather changed the next day, and it became bone chillingly cold (at least for this California girl) and windy. Still stunning, though.

We were at Harvey Cedars Bible Conference to attend a retreat. All of the kids had a blast, and I was able to attend most of the sessions since they all happily went to their respective classes. Even Lily was content to be in her little toddler class after I would stick around and get her settled in. It was a rich time, and I received a lot from the ministry time.

After the retreat, we stayed at our friends' home in Montvale, New Jersey. The Chens are such dear friends of ours - Dave and Daniel go back probably 25 years. Our kids had so much fun staying with them and playing with their kids every day (and we are going back tomorrow to their house). See them ready to save the world in their various vehicles?

Do you like photo of the magnet I saw on a friend's refrigerator over here? Tee hee. Dave concedes that it is true in our family :-).

Lastly, the kids are refreshed by te discovery of so many insects here. Praying mantids as long as their hand, and woolly bear caterpillars. Of course they want to take all of them home, but reality checks and they know it is not possible.

More later. We are at Aunt Vicky's house now in Morristown, and I have to get ready for the day :-).